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Costume of Szamotuły, Wielkopolska, Poland
Hello all, Today I will talk about the costume ofSzamotuły [Shah-mo-too-wih]. This district lies in the macroregion of Wielkopolska, in west central Poland, north of Silesia and south of Pomerania....
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Costume of Lolland and South Falster, Denmark
Hello all,I received a request to do some research on the costume of Lolland Island, Denmark. There is not nearly as much literature available for Denmark as there is for Norway or Sweden, so I decided...
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Costume of the North Frisian Islands
Hello all,The Frisians are one of the minority peoples of Europe, Inhabiting the coast of the North Sea from the northern Netherlands to the southernmost tip of Denmark. The Frisian Language is...
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Poltava style cutwork embroidery, Ukraine
Hello all,Today I will talk about a Ukrainian embroidery style which is found over a large part of central and eastern Ukraine, but is particularly associated with the Poltava region. This can be seen...
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Costume and embroidery of Zakarpattia, Ukraine, Part 3, the East
Hello all, This is my conclusion of the costumes of Zakarpattia. Today I will talk about two costumes that are influenced by Romanian ones south of the border, as well as the Rakhiw region, which is...
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Costume and Embroidery of Zakarpattia, Ukraine, part 2; the Center
Hello all, Today I am continuing with my series on Zakarpattia. Again, I encourage you to follow along in Google maps as I mention locations.These two zones lie in the middle of the map above. They...
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Costume and Embroidery of Zakarpattia, Ukraine, part 1, the West
Hello all,Today I will talk about the costume and embroidery of Zakarpattia. This area is also called Transcarpathia or Subcarpathia. The region's inhabitants are about 80% Rusyn / Ukrainian, 12 %...
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Traditional costumes of the Korean People, part 1, Men
Hello all, Today I will talk about traditional Korean costume. This is remarkably uniform over the area which the Koreans inhabit. The differences are based on history and social class, rather than...
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Traditional Costumes of the Korean People, part 2,. Women
Hello all, Today I will continue my article on Korean costume by talking about women's costume. Above you see two women spinning hemp in the traditional costume, called either Hanbok or Chosonbok. The...
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Traditional Costume of the Korean People; part 3 Wedding Attire
Hello all, I decided, upon reflection, to do one more article on Traditional Korean Attire, about the Traditional Wedding outfits.I find it sad that the Victorian white wedding dress fad is growing...
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Dragon Robes of the Qing Dynasty
Hello all,Today I will talk about the garment which is perhaps the epitome of embroidered clothing [although some were woven, either brocade or tapestry], The Dragon robe of the Qing [Ch'ing] Dynasty...
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Pozaihlenne Embroidery of Pokuttia and West Podillia, Ukraine
Hello All, Today I will talk about an embroidery technique which is found in the Horoden'ka region of Pokuttia, and also in a few villages across the Dnister river in western Podillia, in the Buchach...
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Introduction to some of the folk costumes of Vietnam
Hello all, Today I will start an introduction to the traditional costumes of Vietnam and neighboring countries where the ethnic groups extend past the border. Despite being a nation of modest size,...
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Introduction to the costumes of the Miao-Yao, or Hmongic-Mienic peoples, part...
Hello all, Today I will start talking about a large family of peoples with their own language family and amazing folk costumes. The Han Chinese refer to them as the Miao and the Yao. They refer to...
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Introduction to the costumes of the Miao-Yao, or Hmongic-Mienic peoples, part...
Hello all, today I will talk about the third branch of the Miao/Hmongic language family. The West Hmongic, or the Qianzhongnan Miao,which has nine branches and from 3 to 15 tones. These people are...
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Introduction to the costumes of the Hmongic/Mienic peoples, part 3 The Hmong
Hello all,Today I will talk about the costumes of the speakers of the Hmong language. The Han call this the Chuanqiandian Miao language cluster. These people live in Sichuan province, western Guizhou...
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Introduction to the costumes of the Hmongic/Mienic Peoples. Part 4 The She...
Hello all,Today I will start talking about the second major branch of this language family, the Yao or Mienic peoples. The image above is a closeup of a piece of Yao embroidery from Thailand in my...
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Introduction to the costumes of the Hmongic/Mienic peoples. Part 5 the Mien
Hello all, Today I will finish this series by talking about the Mien. This is the largest language of the Mienic branch of the Miao/Yao or Hmongic/Mienic language family. The speakers of this language...
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Costume and Embroidery of Setesdal, East Agder, Norway, part 1 women
Hello all, Today I will take a break from Asia. It is fascinating, but difficult to research. Setesdal is one of the regions of Norway which has an unbroken folk costume tradition to this day. The...
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Costume and Embroidery of Setesdal, East Agder, Norway, part 2 men
Hello all,Today I will continue my series on the costume and embroidery of Setesdal, East Agder, Norway. The Women's outfit has remained essentially the same for at least three hundred years, but the...
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